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Vanessa Craige and Mariana Jurado
The Human Rights Council and Foreign Aid
How does membership on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council affect the distribution of foreign aid?
Research Question
Countries that serve on the Human Rights Council are more likely to receive foreign aid
Hypothesis
Human Rights Council Logo
Membership on HRC
Fore
ign
Aid
Rece
ived
Voeten Werker Alessina and Dollar OECD Data Hug and Lukács
Literature
Nigeria (1967) Africa’s leading oil exporter 2nd largest contributor of military troops for UN peacekeeping missions Chairman of UN Special Committee against South African apartheid
Egypt (1967) Strategic location (Suez Canal) Leading non-OPEC member oil producer in Africa
South Africa (1997) Largest economy (in terms of GDP) in Africa Greatest energy consumption in Africa
Case Studies
7400 observations, 573 variables 132 countries from 1950-2009
Methodology
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Foreign Aid Received
Membership on the Human Rights
Council
Member Non-membern=1,232 n=3,807
Std dev=394.9 Std dev=418.2
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0148.7
114.0
Membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council (1950-2009)
For
eign
Aid
Rec
eive
d F
rom
Un
ited
Sta
tes
(in
US
$)
Results
No correlation!
How do nations get onto the Council?
Further Questions